On Monday we will officially welcome Bailee into the Brown Room. While she has joined us for picture days and time in the outdoor classroom, we are very excited to welcome her and share all of our Brown Room with her! In anticipation of her arrival, we’ve spent the week preparing a gift to welcome her. After some deliberation about what we should share with her, Ford, Fay and Cal decided they were interested in making Bailee a book to showcase important spaces, people and experiences. When we brought the idea to Wednesday’s morning meeting, the children were excited, particularly at Ford’s suggestion that we make paintings for Bailee. Elena: So Ford has suggested making something out of blocks for Bailee and Fay suggested little blocks. Cal, do you have any suggestions about what we could make to welcome Bailee to school? Ford: uhhhh a book! Elena: A book! How would we make a book? Ford: you use these (holding real books) t and then give it to her just like that! Elena: so how would you make a real book? Fay: A hammer! Elena: A hammer! Fay: Yes, and a screwdriver Cal: A Hammer and a screwdriver! Elena: What would we put in our book? Fay: a picture…. A picture of blocks! Fay: paper! Ford: a picture like this (holds up Bailee’s picture) Fay: A picture of a window! Ford: a picture of a rainbow! Fay: We have a bookshelf, Coco has a bookshelf. Elena: So this is a good idea! It sounds like you’re suggesting a book of things at school. What other things can we find at school to put in the book? Ford: painting and cutting! Some children, with the help of Jen and Jordan, embarked on creating tiny paintings to fill Bailee’s book, while other children traversed the school looking for things to photograph for Bailee. When the children felt stuck about where else to photograph, we turned to an expert, Bailee’s sister CC who is currently in Tucker Room. CC shared tons of ideas like “you should take a picture of the cubby so Bailee knows where to put her bag. Not just the cubby, right there (the bag hook) too”. CC also shared with us that Bailee’s favorite colors are purple and blue. Or as she put it “I think B told me that blue and purple were her favorites. Yeah it’s blue and purple”. Based on this advice, Ellie and Rawls painted beautiful purple and blue watercolors to adorn the covers of the book. While we are still in the process of assembling the welcome book for Bailee, we couldn't be more excited for her arrival! This welcome gift has brought so much joy to both children and teachers, and we look forward to sharing it with Bailee on Monday! Check out some of the images children captured below.
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